Thanks Megan for this informative insert . Glad you could use the photo of Adlam's cubs I have a few more that I took that day, so let me know if you want to have a look at it. I have one of the male in the road. He has quite a big scar over his rear section of his body.

Yes, any clear ID photos of the cubs or other lions are welcome for our records. Apologies about not crediting the cubs picture to you - I knew that someone from the fourm had taken the photo but couldn't remember who!

I havent seen Ardlam and her cubs (Now big) for months ...also the junior coalition has been giving me the run around as well. Thanks for the ID Pics posted Megan and thanks to Gerrit's pics its great to see how big Ardlam's cubs have grown. However 1 or 2 of the pics of the males look a bit dated so as I was in the Park this morning I took a few of the 4 lions I regularly see namely Gina and Kamqua and the Senior male coalition. The pics are not great but they are good enough for ID al taken this morning

First up was Gina sitting serenely on the side of the road being the true lady she is. If you look carefully you can just see the notch on her ear

Then I noticed Kamqua further up the road which made sense as they are always together
The last time I photographed her she was full of Dung but she was squeaky clean today
Then as it seems to be mating season with the lions at the moment it was no surprise when Bitterbal came out of the bushes and mated with Kamqua. I let them have some privacy as it was right next to me before I took the ID shot of Bitterbal
Then my favorite Addo Lion walked down the road and posed for his ID shot..good old Nossob the Lion who loves the camera!!

I was parked with the lion researcher in our respective vehicles but very soon afterwards the game drive vehicles and an overlander truck and a few rental cars arrived so I left soon afterwards. An hour later when I went home 2 of this foursome could just be seen (If you used your imagination) in the bushes around Marion Barrie waterhole... But these are the up to date pics of 4 of the 9 lions in main Addo

Kalahari has been seen mating with Gina again. He has been hanging around with Gina and Kamkwa quite regularly lately. The three of them killed an adult male red hartebeest at the end of the week before last, with Gina making the actual kill before Kamkwa jumped in to help.

Saw a beautiful male lion about two km from the Addo Heights Gate on Friday at about 11.30am. Spent more than an hour there with him- have just returned from 2 weeks in Kruger and never saw anything like him there - a real stunner! Did anyone else on the forum see him - who was he? I have pics, but don't know how to post them. (simple instructions required!)

lirritma wrote:Thanks Megan for the update. I AGAIN missed the lions this weekend. I sat at Carols Rest for about two hours yesterday because I heard from the guards at the South gate they were at Ghorah the day before. Also missed the sighting yesterday on the southern road - I searched for them there, but they must have found a spot to stay out of the sun.

Ardlam and her cubs were at Carol's Rest last Wed...saw them walking off in the distance towards Gorah Concession. Later from Zuurkop with the Binos I scanned the plains to the right of Carol's Rest and saw a Gorah Cruiser parked next to a clump of bushes 1000 metres from C Rest and saw the lions sitting there...would have missed them at that distance if it was not for the Vehicle. Carol.... the big male around South gate soundslike Nossob as I got a phone call at home that he was there then...PM Dinkybird who will walk you through getting pics on...She's brilliant, very helpful and completely Computer literate Dying to see the pics

Interesting about Kalahari mating again as Bitterbal was mating Kamqua two weeks ago as well...lots of cubs on the way hopefully. After getting Megan's ID pics I realise my sighting in Dec at Hapoor in the rain was in fact Kalahari and Tsama and not the Senior boys...it was just the sheer size of Tsama now that threw me completely but my pics here on my computer clearly show the scar on his nose. Depending on how hard it rains I will be going on Wed or Thurs so will look Carol around Addo Heights again and at Gorah Camp when I drop stuff off

Bitterbal and Nossob were at Spekboom hide waterhole yesterday morning. They must have passed Kalahari along the way, because he was in that area on Monday and the lion researcher picked up his collar's signal above Marion Baree that morning (the direction the other two had come from).

Gina and Kamqua were trying to catch warthogs this morning in an area of the park called Wayne's Valley, but didn't succeed.

Not sure who Wayne was Geoff, but Wayne's valley is the first valley you go through after you have entered the south gate (from you side of the park) It's the spot where you have a lot of high grass land area and there are always a few kudus around there.

Dont worry Apple if you think that was an intimate moment...what about this..Nossob and Bitterbal were patrolling around on top of Mababala Loop and Nossob flopped down next to my drivers side door...i thought of taking some very weird shots from above but he's so big and my car is so low that his head was almost up to halway up the door and I didnt fancy my luck that day of not been chomped so I leant across the passenger side at a stretch and started shooting Bitterbal who was grooming himself 25 metres in on that side...I heard this weeze behind me and slowly turned around and there was the "sleeping" Nossob looking right in my open drivers window...Rule No 1 dont turn your back on these guys whew I dont know who got the bigger fright me or him as he jumped back 6 ft and this is where I took the pic just as he started back to come and lie down again once he had instantly decided I meant no harm!!

Luckily my big zoom focuses down to 1.9 metres and thats when I pressed the shutter at closest focusing...you cant get a more intimate moment with a lion. but I dont mind him having a kip next to the car but trying to get in or whatever at the window ...no ways

Is there by chance a map or graphic that outlines their respective territories?

I said I'd do a bit of investigation, so here it is: records of lion movements from sightings by our researcher between September 2007 and March 2008. You will see that Kamqua and Tsama have more points as the signals from their satellite collars are added to the sighting points.